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[West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982]. Letterpress broadside, 6¼" x 9¾", on gray paper. Ostensibly, the last Toothpaste Press imprint. Not in OCLC. More
[West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982]. Letterpress broadside, 6¼" x 9¾", on gray paper. Ostensibly, the last Toothpaste Press imprint. Not in OCLC. More
N.p., n.d. [West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, ca. 1975?]. Letterpress broadside approx. 5¾" x 4", printed in green on cream paper. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Broadside, 11" x 8½"," printed offset on cream paper. Includes offerings by Robert Creeley, Tom Disch, Jeffrey Wright, and 2 others. More
New York: published by J. S. Redfield, [137 Nassau Street], n.d., [ca. 1845]. 32mo, approx. 3½" x 2¼", vignette title page, 5 wood-engraved illustrations (4 full-page); original orange printed wrappers; spine half-way cracked; all else very good. Back wrapper contains Redfield advertisements. Issued as Second Series, no. 9 in their..... More
La Crosse: Department of English, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, [1999]. Edition limited to "approximately" 275 copies printed from Eric Gill's Joanna types, 8vo, pp. 49, [3]; 2 pages are folding; 8 woodcuts (one printed in blue); original white paper-backed marbled boards, titling in black on spine; fine. From..... More
N.p., n.d. [West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1974]. Letterpress broadside approx. 2¾" x 10", on olive paper, signed and dated by Allan Kornblum on the verso in pencil. More
Boston: Wentworth & Co., 1855. 8vo, pp. iv, [3], 26-334; steel-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown blindstamped cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gray; frontispiece foxed in the margins, spine ends chipped level with text block, corners worn; good and sound. A series of "articles treating on..... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition, 12mo, pp. xiii, [1], 157; frontispiece; original blue cloth gilt; spine faded, else near fine. Originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces. More
New York: Garret & Company, 1856. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [2], iv, iv, [2], 356, [4]; original brown blindstamped cloth; gilt lettering on spine; spine extremities a bit scuffed; spine faded; binding a bit skewed; otherwise very good. The author of this anonymous work has been attributed either to..... More
[New York]: New Rivers Press, 1977. First edition limited to 750 copies, square 8vo, pp. [42]; original pictorial wrappers; some toning at the edges and one or two small spots, else near fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, fine press printer, poet, and founder of the Coffee House Press..... More
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, [1972]. 4to, 11" x 8½", [15] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; paper toning, corners slightly curled, else fine in pictorial wrapper, side-stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. More
[Davis, CA]: Blue Suede Shoes, [1972]. First edition, oblong 8vo, pp. [18]; printed from typescript on pink and brown paper; some toning, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers, side-stapled. Cover art by the author. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded the..... More
San Francisco: Cranium Pres, [1971]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [44]; some toning at the edges, price sticker residue at top of front wrapper, all else near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Cover art an text illustrations by the author. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and..... More
Fremont, California: The Fault, 1974. First edition, 8vo, pp. [28]; printed from typescript; illustrations by Opal L. Nations; light toning, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. This copy inscribed, "For Allan &..... More
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes VIII, 1971. First edition, 1000 copies printed, 50 of which were signed; 8vo, pp. [20]; printed from typescript; some toning, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded the Toothpaste Press and Coffee..... More
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1976. First edition limited to 300 copies; oblong 12mo (approx. 5" x 5¾"), pp. [16]; illustrated title page and front cover by Michael Myers; fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. Edition limited to 175 copies, 4to, 11" x 8½", [12] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; paper toning, corners slightly curled, else very good in pictorial wrapper, side-stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House..... More
[Columbus]: Logan Elm Press, the Ohio State University, 1992. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 62); 8vo, pp. [6], 23, [3]; original quarter cloth over cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, paper label on spibne; fine. More
West Branch, [Iowa]: Coffee House Press, 1985. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator; 11" x 5½", pp. [24]; illustrations by Ann Mikolowski; stitched, as issued, in pictorial tan wrappers; fine. Morning Coffee Chapbook 12. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1980. Edition limited to 1150 copies, this one of 150 numbered and signed by the author and artist (this, no. 140); tall 8vo, pp. [32]; 6 full-page drawings by Ann Mikolowski; fine copy in original cream cloth, printed paper label on upper cover. Peich 47..... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Edition limited to 70 signed and numbered copies, 14" x 10.5" poetry broadside printed for Bookslinger Editions on the occasion of the author's reading at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1983. Letterpress broadside, edition limited to 70 numbered copies (this, marked 'os' - ?), approx. 14½" x 10½", printed in brown and black; printed on the occasion of the author's reading at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 2, 1982. This copy..... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 5" x 7" Announcement for Helen Adam's Fall 1983 book The Bells of Dis. More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 5" x 7" announcement for Helen Adam's Fall 1983 book The Bells of Dis. Printed by Allan Kornblum of the Toothpaste Press at the Bookslinger A.B.A. Booth in Dallas, June 1983. More